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In the last few weeks the following has happened. A dog, a cute little one, came wandering into the gym one day and I fed it, gave it some water and it was fairly obvious it was lost. I took it home for a couple of nights and looked after it and rang the pound … Continue reading
This post was never meant to be written. I had originally thought that I wouldn’t have the time for the blog this week due to the Fight Before Christmas being on this coming Friday, but the snowy weather outside means that I have a day of doing pretty much nothing. So, lots to catch up … Continue reading
With all this talk of the IMF, the EU and the bailout fund, i’ve decided to make this an economics free zone tonight. I thought you might all appreciate that. So instead of talking about recession and depression, let’s lighten the mood a bit and talk training. Here’s a really funny video: It’s funny because … Continue reading
Well hello there blog fans. According to wordpress statistics, about 1000 less people viewed last week’s post, a fact I’m attributing to not posting a link on facebook. I’m sure in no way did it reflect the fact that I was crabby and moany last week and extremely irritable. I’ve thought long and hard about … Continue reading
Hold me back. It’s rant night and I’ve so much to rant about it’s not even funny. I could let go at the colossal cock up that is the so called unified ruleset for irish MMA and the insane clusterfuck that is fast becoming. Or I could let fly at the people who think they … Continue reading
Let me tell you everything I know about getting good at anything in a one liner: Practise a lot and you will get good. I know that’s been said before, in many different forms (and I’m intentionally staying away from the obvious one) but it’s a universal truth. This one’s a bit topical, if you … Continue reading
Format: Round robin divisions with a maximum of 10 people. Once 10 have registered, the division is full. Each competitor fights off against everyone in their group, gaining 3 points for every submission win, and 1 point for every draw. Every match is 5 minutes in length bar the advanced divisions which are 6 minutes. … Continue reading
I’ll give you a little anecdote this week. It’s not long don’t worry. I was giving a talk to some kids yesterday afternoon on Self Defence. Now usually when I’m hired to do a self defence/martial arts course, I give a small talk to satisfy the self defence angle, and then I just get the group … Continue reading
“… breaking my established patterns was threatening to my deeply ingrained selves and pricked me to a level of consciousness which is unusual, unusual since the whole instinct of human behavior is to find environments congenial to the relaxation of consciousness. By creating problems for myself I created thought. I also created problems” -Luke … Continue reading
I’m posting tonight (Sunday) because I won’t have time during the week and I’m determined to keep my schedule of once per week blogging up. I have a big week of training ahead and I can’t wait to start. As I’ve mentioned in a previous post or two, Abmar Barbosa is going to coach all … Continue reading
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